English Dictionary: vesiko-uretero-renaler Reflux | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bladder \Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[?]dre, bl[?]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[?]ra, SW. bl[84]ddra, Dan. bl[91]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[be]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[be]wan, E. blow, to puff. See {Blow} to puff.] 1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air. 2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. 3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. 4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. [bd]To swim with bladders of philosophy.[b8] --Rochester. {Bladder nut}, [or] {Bladder tree} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Staphylea}) with bladderlike seed pods. {Bladder pod} (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ({Vesicaria}) with inflated seed pods. {Bladdor senna} (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ({Colutea}), with membranaceous, inflated pods. {Bladder worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm ({T[91]nia}), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See {Measle}, {Cysticercus}. {Bladder wrack} (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast ({Fucus nodosus} and {F. vesiculosus}) -- called also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vicegerency \Vice*ge"ren*cy\, n. The office of a vicegerent. --South. | |
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Vicegerent \Vice*ge"rent\, a. [Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F. viceg[82]rant.] Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. --Milton. | |
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Vicegerent \Vice*ge"rent\, n. An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar. --Bacon. The symbol and vicegerent of the Deity. --C. A. Young. | |
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Vicegerent \Vice*ge"rent\, a. [Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F. viceg[82]rant.] Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. --Milton. |